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How To Be A Pregnant Entrepreneur – #Smallbizchat QA with Darla DeMorrow

Melinda Emerson, #SmallBizChat — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:23:23 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with professional organizer Darla DeMorrow @DarlaDeMorrow Darla helps people find their desktops, keys, time, money, and sanity as a certified professional organizer, but [...]

How to Simplify Your Life in 2012- Q/A with Allyson Lewis

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:00:20 +0000

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9pm ET. This is excerpted from my recent interview with Allyson Lewis @Allyson7Minutes Allyson has spent the last 29 years developing and teaching concrete, actionable business ideas all over the country. As a [...]

5 Tips to Create a Successful 2012 Marketing Budget

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:30:07 +0000

It isn’t 2012 just yet. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be planning for it. For any business to be successful, it’s necessary to have a marketing budget. And while next year seems like a far off notion today, there is no better time to start establishing how you’ll invest your marketing dollars. Below are [...]

Are You on the Path to Reinventing Your Small Business?

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:30:06 +0000

Small biz owners are reinventing their businesses all the time, especially in this economy. Old ways of doing business just aren’t working anymore. I’d love to be able to tell you that there are set of linear phases that every small business owner goes through while you’re reinventing your business and marketing models… …but if [...]

Shark Tales That Will Make You Swim

Melinda Emerson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:00:43 +0000

“Shark Tales” by Barbara Corcoran is a hilarious and honest tale of how a business empire was built, and I loved every minute of reading it! Her inspiring story of how she beat poverty, dyslexia, made D’s in high school, didn’t finish college, and survived a no-good boyfriend to start The Corcoran Group, which she sold [...]

6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business

Melinda Emerson — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:40:46 +0000

Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) [...]

Blogging, & Handling Corporate Inquires & Monetizing your Online Brand.

Melinda Emerson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:00:57 +0000

Check out this quick video from the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. Fellow blogger Jewel Figueras of http://www.JewelsFabLife.com was interviewed by LaShanda Henry creator of SistaSense blogs for entrepreneurs and the Black Business Women Online Social Network. http://www.sistasense.tv/smallbizlady-and-jewelsfablife-talk-blogging-and-working-with-brands-part1/ We discussed blogging, handling corporate inquires and monetizing your online brand. Enjoy! I’m always here as a resource. [...]

4 Things All Entrepreneurs Should Do On LinkedIn

Melinda Emerson — Tue, 31 May 2011 08:00:35 +0000

LinkedIn is important! 75% of all professionals in the US have a LinkedIn profile, which means if you want to do business you must have one too. LinkedIn is powerful tool that you can use to promote yourself if you are an individual consultant or a company with 2 or more employees. Here are [...]

SharkTales and Small Biz Tips: My Interview with Barbara Corcoran

Melinda Emerson — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:10:31 +0000

As a small business owner, author, speaker and social media enthusiast, I hardly ever have time to watch TV. That doesn’t stop me from making sure I catch Shark Tank – a weekly show where emerging small business owners and entrepreneurs pitch their business to the “sharks.” The sharks are an amazingly successful group of [...]

Getting Started as a Work At Home Mom Business Owner

Melinda Emerson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:30:25 +0000

If you’re a stay at home mom who’s ready to get back into the workforce as a work-at-home mom small business owner you are in for quite an adjustment. I believe you should plan your business at least 12 months prior to starting your business as you already have two full-time jobs as a wife [...]